Creation Sings

Creation sings. Shirley Erena Murray* (1931–2020).  This hymn was written for a Hymn Search by the Presbyterian Association of Musicians to celebrate the gift of music. It was first published in four 4-line stanzas in the meter of 11.10.11.10 in the author’s collection, Faith Makes the Song: New Hymns Written between 1997 and 2002 (Carol Stream, Illinois, 2003). This collection paired the text with the tune CREATION SINGS by Hal H. Hopson* (1933- ). It appeared in the collection Hope Is Our Song: New Hymns and Songs from Aotearoa New Zealand (2009), a publication of The New Zealand Hymnbook Trust, without music. Worship and Song (2011) set the text to the traditional Irish melody...